Categories: Mail Call

Mail Call For 10.8.24

I said something big was coming, and I meant it.

David Mazzucchelli’s Batman Year One Artists Edition
Front cover

Back cover

And when I say big, I mean BIG.

This book is lorge.

Next to a regular comic

Next to a regular Artist Edition

I don’t have a shelf that’s tall enough for it.

From seeing pictures others had posted, I knew it was big, but I didn’t know it was going to be this big.

…

Now, if you’ve exorcised your inner Michael Scott, let’s take a look at some of the glorious pages within.

We’ll just pretend that Kevin Smith story referencing the iconic scene on the left never happened.

One of the great things about Artist Editions is the inclusion of some of the process and production work, like these reduced photocopies of the penciled pages.

Darkness. No parents.
(Beautiful, inky darkness, and a fantastic use of negative space in depicting the loss of those parents.)

A scene that was adapted in Batman Begins.

I’d held off on this for a while despite seeing so many other people happily sharing images of their copies, but a post from Ron Randall proved to be the straw that broke my wallet.

Because my wallet is broken, it would be helpful if you’d take a look at some of the other posts here, like some of the other Mail Call posts, and check back often to see what else has arrived on my doorstep.

Born and raised in the sparsely populated Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Jon Maki developed an enduring love for comics at an early age.

Jon Maki

Born and raised in the sparsely-populated Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Jon Maki developed an enduring love for comics at an early age.